N-acyl homoserinelactone-mediated gene regulation in Gram-negative bacteria

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 493-506

  Eberl, Leo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell cell communication; N acyl L homoserine lactone; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; DENSITY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033381562     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(99)80001-0     Document Type: Review

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